1. In The World is Flat‚ what does Thomas Friedman mean when he says the world is becoming flat? "The global competitive playing field was being leveled. The world was being flattened." From this‚ we can see that a "flat" world is one in which the "playing field" on which companies compete has become level. It is one in which companies from various countries can compete with one another on an equal basis. Friedman says that what has really driven this is what he calls "Globalization 3.0." This
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In his essay “The World is Flat”‚ Thomas L. Friedman reckons with the belief of flattening world he realizes in the journey to India. Friedman notes that Columbus’s sea exploration shortened the distance for Spanish monarchy to grow its wealth and power out of the "source of [India’s] untold riches" (633)‚ and discovered "the world was indeed round" (664). Columbus found the hardware source of India’s riches which is the free slavery labor and natural resources‚ and yet Friedman found the software
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m Thomas Friedman’s book The World Is Flat analyzes the progress of globalization and how it has changed core economic concepts. After traveling to numerous countries‚ he came up with the conclusion that the world is “flat‚” in the sense that competitive playing fields between industrial and emerging market countries have been leveled. He provides frequent examples of how countries‚ such as China and India‚ are becoming part of large global complex supply chains. Freidman assures that change is
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The World is Flat – Thomas Friedman 1. Do you agree or disagree with Friedman’s assessment that the world is flat? Be sure to justify your answer I agree with Friedman that technology has made the world flat. But there is another point of view disagree with Friedman stating that there are still many people that do not have access to technology and for them the world is still round. 2. What are the potential impacts of a flat world for a student performing a job search? In a flat world
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The World Is Flat "The World Is Flat" a book by author Thomas L. Friedman‚ discusses key events of the twenty-first century and they have brought the world closer together. At the book’s core‚ it is study of how and why the business world has become more interconnected‚ and how old American values may be preventing it from retaining the status it has long held a top of the economic world. Friedman begins by describing a trip to Bangalore‚ India where he visits “India’s Silicon Valley” and is stunned
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February 21‚ 2008 NSA 205 - RC 43 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE A. Books Friedman‚ Thomas L. The World is Flat - The Globalized World in the Twenty-First Century. London‚ England. Penguin Books‚ 2006. Thomas L. Friedman is a New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the twenty-first century‚ what it means to countries‚ companies‚ communities and‚ more importantly
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INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA KULIYYAH OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE INTEGRATED CASE STUDY ACC 4291 SEMESTER 1 2012/2013 CASE SUMMARY CASE 2: FLAT CARGO BERHAD: AN AUDITORS CONUNDRUM Flat Cargo Berhad (FCB); a high reputable company‚ was one of the largest air freight companies in Malaysia. It was a listed company and registered as investment holding company. The main
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2015 When The World is Flat With the acceleration of communication and transportation within the past century‚ the world has undergone transformative changes of globalization – “the inexorable integration of markets‚ transportation systems‚ and communication systems to a degree never witnessed before” (Friedman). A new global culture where products‚ ideas‚ and technologies have an unprecedented ease of exchange has enabled nations‚ businesses and individuals from all over the world to communicate
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The book The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman draws attention to some very good points concerning globalization and the world economy today. Friedman emphasizes the status of America today in relation to the other countries of the world. As I looked at the things in which he warned about or highlighted‚ I realized the importance of this issue. He talks about a few aspects in which need to be kept competitive in order for America to retain their current standing in the world market. First of all
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In chapter 15‚ as the world became flat‚ some parts of the world remained unflat because they could not participate in the flattening process. The unflat world consisted of developing nations while the flat world consisted of developed nations. Since the unflat world could not participate‚ it has kept them unadvanced‚ stagnant‚ and deprived. Rural Africa‚ China‚ India‚ and Latin America were left behind because their nations were plagued with diseases due to their broken government system being unable
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